Theatre Royal.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7735, 10 February 1905, Page 2

Theatre Royal.

* TIIE SKIHT ItANCEIt." ' Although Hit theatre no* not <juit« ' so <leroA;ly thronged last night a» was the cose uti the previous evening, theru wus u full housiT to wit-no-ss the production <rf "'lite Hkitt • Dancer." Splendid us were the scen- • ery und »tagu accessories of " Thu • Hose ot the ltiviem," they were quitu eclipsed by the magnificence with which "'J'hi! Skirt Dancer" *at> J mounted. The njcoml scene simply • delicti description, both us to thu • paiuU'Ks mul the wa itjt'oix' uiis- • tressei,' urt. The dre:*** were »u- ---> perbly handsome, uiid the daring colour scheme was a veriiab.'e triumph * of inventive talent and executive ' ekilil. Nothing so artistic faun t:uen seen here More, and it was not difficult to realise the enormous exINfw which this .sceiiu alone wug responsible. 'Hie pei-formanpe cannot ' bp too highly praised, and judging from the heurty luugiiU'C and auplfiuyo, as well as the numerous iv--1 calls, it was evident that tilt- audience fu'lly appreciated the entertainment. Certaiftly it greatly «urj wg »- pd that o.f tho previous evening, and 15 '? , 8 ".v»»g a great deal. Uenerat regret is felt that the teason is -T* ils thiixt night, owing to the delay in the company's arrival he(e, but It is certain that on their paljiy wvic'oiu«|' V wiU I WILLIAMSON'S WOr.UILKAL. "Y |,|,vu Ira Hoy a l this evening and to-morrow, including a Satu£ duv matimv, Mr J, c. Williamson ' will introduce for the lirst Mine to the- public, ofNew -Plymouth his wonderful Hio-lVibk-au, which has been drawing crowded housus throughout the principal towns of Australia. It • is claimed for this entertainment thut nothing equal to It has ever yet lieen introduced to the public of Australasia, 'l'liu machine and operators arrived only rocontlv direct from London, per H.M.S. Omrah. Xa view of post picture shows, Mr Williamson's instructions to his London representative (Mr Maline) were to arrange not merely f or thejatost and most advanced biograph to data but to purchase the latest films and jeffrcts at all costs. He further engaged the chief O|ierator (Mr C. Ma. son) from the Empire and Alira infer* t Iheatres, London, under whose .suit, ervision the entire entertainment ta produced. One of the main fv*ulures of the show is a vivid and thrilling series of pictures of the rfesent deadly strife between Jqimn and Hiisslo. Scenes l in Ifussitl, Jajian. Sibpna, Munchuriu, and Korea, nava| engagements o/J Tort Arthur torpedo Htturks, and conflicts on land, help to make iip one of tho most Unfiling series of vivid and , lifelike moving pictures ever yet pro stinted to a public, Thuwe ufctftrm aro absolutely authentic, and-Teru taken by special authority of tho Jopanose War Offlco,. ami under tho protection of the Japanese flue. Apart from this series, some wonderful ami during subjects will bo dlsIpniyed. Notably the gix«at wrestling contest iK-tween (Jeorge HaciienjKiiiidt and Tom Jenkins and tho great motor Derby n-cently raced in (lortnun.v, a bull fight at Seville, a sen|national and tragic representation of <hu great Spanish national sport< | Apart from this, there ure subject* I too numerous to enumerate. 1 'rices ,will lie nominal, viz. 3s, 2s, and In • Ihe box plun is now on view at I)/ jMcKinnon Huin's. ltmust not be forgotten Unit to-morrow's niutinna sturts at 2 o'clock, which will allow h I?7v, ! I ' nv " n, "l ,le time to Unit I the trull, out. rile programme for to-morrow is u „ entirely new on«